PITTSBURGH - The No. 13 Pitt wrestling team saw a pair of wrestlers, Matt Wilps and Zac Thomusseit, advance to the semifinals to pace the squad at the 50th Midlands Championships on Saturday at Welsh Ryan Arena. As a team, the Panthers currently sit in eighth place in the team standings.

For the day, Pitt was led by Wilps and Thomusseit who advanced to the semifinals. The pair of seniors will resume their quests for the top of the podium on Sunday afternoon. Wilps downed Dan Santoro of Princeton and Mike Tamillow, a former Midlands champ and Northwestern alumnus, by major decisions to reach the quarters where he outlasted Iowa State's Kyven Gadson by a 4-3 margin. In his semifinal match, Wilps will face Taylor Meeks of Oregon State for the right to compete for the Midlands crown at 197 pounds.

At heavyweight, Thomusseit started his day with a narrow 3-2 decision over Cody Krumweide of Northern Iowa. Thomusseit then majored Illinois' Chris Lopez and took another close 3-2 decision over Matt Meuleners of Northern State to advance to the semis where he will meet Mike McMullan of Northwestern.

Action resumes on Sunday with Session III (consolation rounds, semifinals and seventh-place matches) at 1 ET. Fans looking to follow the action at Midlands can visit the Official Tournament Site for updated brackets and team standings. Additionally, Takedown Radio will be providing live radio coverage throughout the event and the Big Ten Network will have live coverage of the finals beginning at 8 p.m. ET.